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Research Scientists

David A. Hovda, Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chairman of Research Affairs for the Department of Neurosurgery and the Director of the Brain Injury Research Center. Dr. Hovda's research is dedicated to the understanding of the pathobiology of traumatic brain injury and the recovery of function after brain injury. Read more...

 

Thomas Charles Glenn, Ph.D.   Adjunct Assistant Professor. Dr. Glenn's research and clinical work is dedicated to the treatment of traumatic brain injuries. Read more...

 

Christopher C. Giza, M.D.   Associate Professor In Residence with secondary appointment in Pediatric Neurology. Dr. Giza conducts research investigating the pathobiology of and recovery from developmental traumatic brain injury. Read more...

 

Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, Ph.D.   Professor In Residence and Director of the Neurotrophic Research Laboratory with secondary appointment in Physiological Science. Dr. Gómez-Pinilla conducts research on mechanisms of repair following traumatic injury to the brain and spinal cord. Read more...

 

Grace Griesbach, Ph.D.   Dr. Griesbach has focused her research on enhancing molecular mechanisms of neuroplasticity following traumatic brain injury. Read more...

 

Neil G. Harris, Ph.D.   Associate Professor in Residence, Dr. Harris is co-scientific director of the new 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy facility and his research is focused on recovery of function after traumatic brain injury. Read more...

 

Xiao Hu, Ph.D. Associate Professor in Residence of Department of Neurosurgery. Dr. Hu specializes in modeling of dynamics of physiological systems and analysis of biomedical signals. He is currently funded for research related to intracranial pressure, cerebral blood flow velocity, Electrocardiogram, and heart rate variability signals. He is also active in research and development in medical informatics that involves large-scale database, data mining, and clinical decision support. Read more...

 

Carol A. Kruse, Ph.D. Professor in Neurosurgery. Her research focuses on understanding the immunology of the brain and immunoresistance mechanisms used by tumor cells that will allow development of alternative therapies for treating patients with primary malignant brain tumors. Read more...

 

Valeriy I. Nenov, Ph.D.   Adjunct Professor and Director of the Brain Intensive Monitoring and Modeling Laboratory. Dr. Nenov works in conjunction with the Neurocritical Care Program to provide state-of-the-art computerized intensive care monitoring. Read more...

 

Mayumi Prins, Ph.D.   Associate Professor in Residence and Director of the UCLA Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention and Education Program. Her research focuses on the pediatric response to traumatic brain injury. Read more...

 

Robert M. Prins, Ph.D.   Associate Professor in Residence. Dr. Prins conducts pre-clinical brain tumor immunotherapy research and Phase I clinical trials for malignant brain tumor patients. Read more...

 

Richard L. Sutton, Ph.D.   Adjunct Associate Professor. Dr. Sutton's academic focus is on development of injury models and improving recovery of function after TBI. Read more...

 

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